Kaysville Historic Tour

Christopher Layton House

Between 200 North and 100 North, West side of Main Street

This property was the site of (from North to South) Christopher Layton's white house, William Bone's yellow brick home and his shoe shop, and then an orchard. The site is now occupied by restaurants and shops.

Williams Store

97 North Main Street

Sandblasting on the north wall of this building has exposed the original brick. The building was built by Ebenezer Williams for use as his general mercantile store. Around 1900, it became the first drug store in town. A second story was added later and this addition became the entertainment center where dances and dinners were held and later movies were shown. One corner upstairs became the City Council room until completion of a new City Hall across the street in 1943. When Ralph Williams later took over this building, it became an auto repair show, then an automobile showroom, which was known as the William Motor Company. At one time it was Brown’s Lumber and eventually became Faye’s Cleaners. The top floor was removed in the 1940s.  

Relief Society Hall/Bowman's Second Golden Rule Store/Telephone Office

73-75 North Main Street

A small red brick building called the Relief Society Hall stood here and was used by the LDS Relief Society for meetings and to store grain and other items. An east wind blew the building down between 1873-1875, but it was rebuilt and used for a time longer. It was reported on March 16, 1911 by Councilman George Swan that a fire station had been installed on the Relief Society grounds on Main Street. The small shed, which had been used as a tool house by the city, had been brought to the lot and painted and the hose cart and fire hose placed in it ready for use. At this time a volunteer fire department was organized. While here the department made it’s first fire truck out of an old Hudson Car. In 1929 an American LaFrance Pumper Truck was purchased. The Fire department stayed here until June of 1929. J.J. Bowman moved his Golden Rule store from 128 North Main to this location around 1920. The Telephone Company moved from the top floor of the Sheffield store in 1925 to this location and served the people until their new building in Layton was built in 1960. LaMar Green, then later Carl Racker, operated a Western Auto and Hardware store here for many years. The building was later purchased by Dean Sanders and became Kaysville Glass.

H.J. Sheffield & Sons General Mercantile Company

59 North Main Street

Heber J. Sheffield and his wife, Sarah Blamires Sheffield, stared a small business in 1889 specializing in fancy ad green groceries. The business did so well that in 1892 they built a large two-story building, adding mercantile and hardware items. Heber’s three sons, H. James, Frederick A., and George B., were his partners. This business served central and northern Davis County for more than 40 years. It closed during the 1930 depression.

Ray Aston Business

13-41 North Main Street

At one time, this area was the lumber and coal yard for the Kaysville Co-op. Around 1944 Ray Ashton, contractor and architect, moved to Kaysville and was contracted to design a new City Hall at 44 North Main. He also bought property on the west side of Main street and began to develop it. He filled in the space between the Barnes Block building and the Sheffield store. His space included two office spaces, a theater, a drug store, and two more office spaces. The other stores on the east side of Main modernized at this time too, removing their upper floors and sprucing up their fronts.  

Bowman's Market/Buchanan's Dept. Store

11 North Main Street

In early years, a lumber yard sat on this lot. The building later became part of the Barnes Block building used by the Kaysville Co-op. The Co-op was here before the Barnes Block building was built in 1910. Eventually, management of the Co-op passed to George W. Barnes and then to J.J. Bowman, who purchased the stock and building to establish his third Golden Rule store about 1925 later changing the name to Bowman’s Super Market. He rented additional space on the south, then on the north for a dry goods department. Dick Bowman took over this business after the death of his father and when their new store was built in 1957 at 69 East 200 North, Buchanan’s Department Store, managed by Dwain and Ann Buchanan took over this building.

Kaysville Co-op/Barnes Bank

7 North Main

Z.C.M.I. in Salt Lake City stared around 1868. This co-operative movement spread to the settlements and Kaysville Co-operative Mercantile Institution was established around 1870. John R. Barnes was the leader and organizer. Several other businesses jointed in. K.C.M.I. became one of the most firmly established institutions in the state. Barnes Bank occupied the south end of this building until 1958. North of this building was a coal yard and a granary for the Co-op. People often paid their bills at the Co-op with grain.

Barnes Block

1 North Main

This block was designed by William Allen and completed in 1910. A portion of this building was the town post office for many years (which was located at 10 West Center). Sarah E. Taylor was the Postmistress at that time. The door still has the mail slot that was used by the Post Office.

Egbert Hotel/Inland Printing

4 South Main Street

Kaysville’s first hotel was built by Joseph Egbert in 1860 and was operated by Joseph and his wife Louisa. This structure was a two-story building with porches and a brick addition on the west. Brigham Young asked Mr. Egbert to convert his home into a hotel, as an overnight resting place was needed for people traveling between Salt Lake and Ogden. Later, this became the Sims Hotel. After that, construction of a building on the property became the home of the Weekly Reflex and then the Inland Printing Company.

Egbert Hotel Barn and Stables

33 South Main Street

Where hh2 Cloud Services (previously Barnes and Zions Bank) now stands was the site for the horse barn and stables used by the Egbert Hotel (which was situated directly west across Main Street). Later this was the site of Johnson House Hotel, the 91 Café, Cloward’s Conoco Service Station (which was on the corner north of the café), Hanson Shoe Shop, and then Lavender’s Show Shop. All these buildings were demolished in 1958 for constriction of Barnes Bank. In January of 2010 Barnes Bank liquidated and Zions Bank took over the building.  

East Side of Main Street

Between Center Street and 100 North

In 1943, the following structures were removed to make way for the new City Hall. Situated from south to north was: coal yard, blacksmith shop, service station, two sign boards, a garage, a small frame house, a street car used as an eating place called Tommy’s Café, two more sign boards, and Jed Sessions old Barber Shop (which had been Horace E. Lewis’ Photography Studio and before that his mother’s ice cream parlor). There was also a deep stream bed through the block, which had to be piped and covered.

Stewart/Burton Store

104 North Main Street

Christopher Layton started a mercantile store here in 1875. He later sold it to Hyrum and Charles Stewart. Christopher Burton, Jr. came into the business and the store became known as the Stewart/Burton store. It closed during the 1930s. From 1879 to about 1890 a small window on the south served as the town Post Office.

East Side of Main Street 2

Between 104 North and 200 North

Going north from the Stewart/ Burton store was Beesley’s ice house. This business was operated out of a little wooden building. Ice was stored here that was obtained from the ice pond (850 East Crestwood Road). This site later became the Kaysville Lumber Yard and Hardware store. Next to that was J.J. Bowman’s first Golden Rule store. Kaysville Builders later occupied that space, with apartments on the second floor above it. In one of those apartments Hod and Clover Sanders set up their first potato chip making and bagging operations in 1938. Next to that was a saloon and in the location where the strip mall now stands was a furniture store owned by John Barton. On the corner was Earl Tall’s garage and automotive repair shop. After a few other owners, it became the site of Thompson’s Boat and Marine.  

Layton Grist Mill

210 North Main Street

In 1866, Christopher Layton and William Jennings built a grist mill at this location at the cost of $30,000. Thomas Boynton was engaged as a miller and Christopher Layton, Jr. as a bookkeeper and receiver of grain. The mill received its water from the stream that ran through the Weinel Mill property to the east. The Layton Mill changed hands over the years, passing to William Galbraith, Elijah Laycock, Albert Beazer, William L. Galbraith and Hyrum Stewart.

Saloon

37 East 100 North

This building was used in early years as a saloon. It later was purchased by Hod Sanders and became the site of the original Clover Club Potato Chip factory. It was used for this purpose until 1948 when the new Clover Club Potato Chip factor was built at 100 East 200 North. It was later torn down to make room for the Horizon Credit Union building.

Proudfoot/Sanders Home

61 East 100 North

This home that still stands was owned by the Jimmy Proudfoot family and was a delightful showplace for children. Scottish to the hilt, Mary Jane and Jimmy Proudfoot had kilts and bagpipes. They marched in parades and entertained at parties and church socials playing their bagpipes and dancing the Highland Fling. Mary Jane was pert and tiny, her waist cinched in with corsets. She wore lovely silk brocaded dresses and never left the house without her white embroidered gloves and parasol. Children loved Jimmy, and he usually had a horse and hack full of youngsters who were delighted to ride along with him over the bumpy roads. He was very generous with his horse and hack and hauled for anyone who needed something transported. The two bay windows in front of the home displayed many fascinating objects, such as figurines, weather forecasters, dishes and colored glass. Children on their way home from school, or with their parents downtown, would go by this home to see what the weather was going to be or admire the pretty things on display. Mary Jane changed the arrangements often to keep the interest of the children. Jimmy was a barber and his shop was situated on the west side of the saloon next door. A deep creek ran through this block and Jimmy’s barber shop was built on stilts over the creek. After cutting hair, Jimmy would open a trap door and sweep hair into the stream. People used to say they could tell who in town had just had their hair cut by the color of the hair in the stream below the shop. In part of the shop, Mary Jane operated a candy kitchen where she made and sold all sorts of candies including leftover bits and pieces. Children stopped in for a penny’s worth of candy crumbs. Hod and Clover Sanders (Clover Club Potato Chips) later purchased this home and lived there at the same time they purchased the saloon for use as a potato chip factory.  

John Barton Funeral Parlor

69 East 100 North

John Barton had one room in his furniture store reserved for selling caskets and as the town undertaker, he carried on that business here. Children were fearful when they passed this place and they sometimes tried to take a peek through the curtains. The Barton boys enjoyed making muffled moans when children passed by. Mr. Barton owned two horse- drawn hearses, the black hearse was pulled by black horses and the white hearse by white horses. An organization called “Woodmen of the World” conducted their meetings on the top floor of this building. Later, Dr. Gibbs Smith practiced dentistry in this building. In June of 1929 the fire department moved from the Relief Society building’s shed on Main Street to this location. The Kaysville Fire Station occupied the west side of this building before moving to the blacksmith shop (11 E Center Street) in 1947. Johnson’s carpet occupies the building currently.

Kaysville Music Hall

109 East 100 North

A music hall was constructed at this site in 1875, but was destroyed by fire in 1910. This was a favorite spot for many gatherings, such as masquerade balls, dances, dramatics, banquets, band concerts, etc. This was also the home of the Kaysville Brass Band. They came here to practice and perform concerts. Their band wagon was stored here (a decorated wagon box with seats along the sides which could be placed on running gears and was part of every parade and celebration for many years).

Jones/Linford/ Meacham Home

145 North 100 East

This home was built by Seth Chauncey Jones in the 1889 to 1891 time period. The brick from this home was obtained from the Kaysville Brick Company. Seth Jones served on the City Council and was Mayor from 1901-02. He also owned a creamery around the corner on 200 North. He and his wife, Annie, and their children, lived in the home until 1909 when it was sold to C.V. and Eliza Schuyler Robinson. In 1916, the home was sold to Beauregard R. Transeau. The home then sold in 1924 to E. L. and Sarah Bertha Linford, who kept the home for 40 years. In 1964, Walter and Elizabeth Meacham purchased the home. The original stained glass artwork remains above the parlor window on the front of the home.

Clover Club

100 East 200 North

This site was once a pond where water was stored as it came out of the Weinel Miller and then flowed west to Christopher Layton’s Mill. This is the pond where LDS members were baptized by Juddiah M. Grant to start the LDS Reformation in 1856. In 1946, Ray Ashton architect, began designing the building that would sit on the site that would become known as the Clover Club Potato Chip Factory. The Building was occupied in 1948. In about 1992, the business was sold to Bordens. A few years later, it was sold to Country Crisp, then to Granny Goose, and finally to Grande Food. The business closed in 2000 and the property was then sold to Kaysville City. The building was demolished in 2003 and the property is now Heritage Park and the City Library.

Weinel Mill/Sanders Home

175 Mill Road

John Weinel, a native of Germany, settled here on Spring Hollow Creek. He was a miller and was sent by Brigham Young to this area to build a flour mill, which was ready for use in 1854. The mill stones came from Elizabeth, New Jersey. The cost of flour was $23.00/sack. The boxing mechanism in the mill was greased with bacon rinds. Neighbors would save their rinds and give them to Mr. Weinel for use in the mill. One of those stones now forms the base of the flagpole in front of the City Buildings. Another one formed the base on the front lamp post on the property. It was later moved to the Heritage Museum in 2010. The tall rock structure in the east of the home was John Weinel’s barn. When he could afford to do so, he constructed a two-story adobe home next to the barn facing the mill, which was south of the stream. John planted trees to line the lane. Eventually, Mr. Wienel purchased 60 acres of property around this site. John’s wife, Ellen, was deaf but became known as a gracious hostess when they entertained or cared for those being baptized at the mill pond. Following John’s death in 1889, Ellen moved to Salt Lake City and the property was sold to Arthur Smith, a farmhand who worked for John. Following Arthur’s death in 1924, his wife Sarah Alice Bishop Smith remained on the property and with the help of Thomas Boynton, Mr. Post, and William Major, who were hired at different times to run the mill, she remained there until her death in 1940. Following her death, the property passed down to their children, Hubert and Mabel Smith. In 1906, a strong east wind destroyed the mill. In 1940, Van and Hod Sanders purchased the property. Van moved his family into the home and remodeled it. In 1947, Hod bought out his brother and began restoration of the old barn. In 1949, the home was demolished and a beautiful modern home was constructed on this site. Clover Sanders died in 1999 and the home was then sold to Patrick Bates, and then later to Truman Carver.

Smith/Hyde Home

472 North Main Street

Presiding with an air of dignity over Main Street stands a home that has been restored to much of its original grandeur. The builder of the home, Thomas J. Smith, came to Kaysville in the 1860s at about the age of 10. He was a farmer and orchardist and served as a director of Kaysville Irrigation Company and the First National Bank of Layton. Designed by William Allen, the house was built about 1900 with a cross-wing design, the west side faces Main Street, while the second story windows looking over the top. The original stained glass is still in place above windows throughout the home. The west entrance leads to a small vestibule that has two doors, one leading straight ahead to what was originally the dining room, the other leading to the living room. Mr. Smith died in 1927. Rose and Leila Hyde purchased the home in 1929. The home went through some hard times and several owners before being restored to its original grandeur. The home had to be sandblasted to remove coats of paint on the brick exterior. The fireplace in the dining room retains the original tiles.

Hyde Home

524 North Main

Sometime between 1920 and 1925, Frank Hyde, a building contractor, built this English Tudor style home for his family. The rock was obtained from different areas all over Utah during the time that Frank worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Upon completion of a job in a certain area, he would bring some of the rock home with him. A rock wall that used to stand in the front yard was actually built as part of the home. When Frank died in 1947, his wife, Winifred Barnes Hyde, continued to live there until she died in 1963. In 1956, their son, Noall moved into the home following his wife’s death and remained there until he died in 1994. The home is still retained by the Hyde family. The ceilings in the living room and dining room are sloped, curved and recessed. The original oval door and leaded windows remain in place.

Kaysville Brick Company

320 North Main Street

The land to construct this brickyard was purchased by Simon Bamberger from James Smith in 1908. The Deseret News (December 17, 1910) speaks of it as one of the town’s biggest industries, employing 100 men in the summer. Bricks for the Kaysville Tabernacle, Barnes Bank, Kaysville Elementary, the Vermont Building in Salt Lake, and many other buildings were produced by this company. Clay for the distinctive light brick was imported as most of the native clay made a reddish brick. These bricks were different in another way, instead of being molded, they were wire cute. Bricks were made much like adobes in the first phase, but after drying they had to be burned or fired in a kiln where the intense heat melted and fused the material into a more durable product. A hardware store and a tire shop now occupy the site.

Robins Home

65 East Crestwood Road

In 1907, working with well-known local builder and architect, William Allen, sons of Suzannah Ellison Robins helped build this home for her with its leaded glass windows. The home was originally built with three bedrooms upstairs and one on the main floor, a living room, dining room and a bathroom. A small foyer leads into the home from the front porch. High ceilings and wood moldings are still visible inside. The home was built with walls three bricks thick on the east to protect against the east winds. The home also used to sit beside the Bamberger Railroad tracks that at one time came through town. Suzannah was a window raising seven children. At the age of 13 while helping make molasses, Suzannah’s right arm was ground in the cog wheel of a machine. Even though her arm remained crippled from that day on, she managed to braid straw for hats, keep a garden, tend to pigs, cows, chickens and turkeys, and sew clothes for her family, as well as others. At one time she estimated that she had sewn 150 burial clothes during her lifetime. Suzannah did whatever work she could to earn enough money to raise her family and pay the taxes on the property, which at the time encompassed nearly the entire block. Suzannah’s daughter, Myrtle, married Christopher Barnes and they moved in with Suzannah after their marriage. In 1929, Glen Robins, a son of Suzannah’s, and his wife, Lola moved into the home and raised their family there. They lived in the home for 33 years. Glen worked for the city, holding various positions, including Town Marshal, Road Superintendent, Watermaster and Cemetery Sexton. Lola was a homemaker and helped Dr. Guy Rutledge deliver babies. In 1962, the home was purchased by Joe and Jetta Blackner Fillin. They added a family room behind the kitchen, a utility room for a furnace and washing facilities, and built a fireplace in the living room.  

Beesley/Ashton/ Simmons Home

817 East Crestwood Road

The original brick section of this home was built in the late 1870s by William and Hannah Beesley. William was quite a tradesman, running a flour mill, brewery, sawmill, and ice pond. In the 1940s, the house was purchased by architect Ray Ashton, who remodeled it and added a porch. The stepping stones came from the old Salt Lake Theatre. When Roy and Elizabeth (Tibby) Ellison Simmons acquired the property in 1964, they turned the garage into a bedroom and added a carport. The tree, with a wooden bench around it just west of the carport, is supposedly one of the oldest living trees in this valley.

King Home 

882 East Manchester

When Harvey William and Katherine Felshaw McBride King came to Kaysville with their two children in 1908, they settled into a red brick home on 150 acres of land, which had been purchased from Knighton Livestock Company. In 1912, a fire destroyed part of the original home, which was situated where Morgan Elementary is now. William Allen designed plans for a new home and Reuben Clark McBride, a contractor and brother of Katherine, built this home a little farther east of the original. Bricks from the old home were used for the inside two layers, with a light colored brick on the outside. At times, farmhands resided in the old home, which had been repaired. The King’s were essentially sheepmen, but they were also the first in the area to raise strawberries commercially, growing many acres of them. The peach, apricot and cherry orchards were very productive. Large cottonwood trees lined the dirt road (approximately where Thornfield Road is now) coming into the property off Crestwood Road, or Cemetery Road as it used to be called. For a time, the home was vacant when the King’s moved to Ogden, Fillmore, and California. They moved back in 1925. In 1929, Harvey and Katherine’s son, William Harvey, Married Golda Jane Burton and they moved into the home to help with the farm work and while William completed law school at the University of Utah. Following the death of Harvey and Katherine, the property passed down to their two children, William and Salome. Following a flash flood in 1948, which washed out the creek bed leaving a steep bank on both sides, a wooden bridge was installed so that vehicles could go over the creek. In 1960s, a portion of the property was sold and the King Clarion Subdivision was developed here. William Harvey King died in 1983 and Golda died in 2002. The property now lies on Kingswood Road

William Allen Home

8 North 300 East

Architect William Allen designed and built this home. Although it has been added onto, the front is essentially the same as when it was built. Mr. Allen acquired the property in 1870. The small brick building in back was his studio where he drew plans for the many buildings he designed. People who lived in the area remembered him sitting in his studio playing a violin.

Rock Chapel

25 South 200 East

Kaysville was settled in 1850 by William Kay and four other settlers. William Kay became the first LDS Bishop in Kaysville. At that time, the community was known as Kays Ward. In 1856, William Kay was called on a mission to Carson Valley, in what is now Nevada. After Bishop Kay left, there was a desire on the part of some people to have the name of the settlement changed from Kays Ward to Freedom. The request was presented to President Brigham Young and when he bluntly asked, “When did Kays Ward get its freedom?” his reply was taken as disapproval and the matter was dropped. Kaysville was known as Freedom from January 1858 to 1863. Kays Ward continued to be used in Church records for some time. Kaysville City was incorporated in 1868 and the name Kaysville was then used. At that time, one LDS Ward existed in Kays Ward. The area encompassed what is now Kaysville, Layton, West Point, Syracuse, Clearfield, Clinton, Sunset, and South Weber. In time, various wards were established from the Kaysville Ward as other areas became cities and reached populations large enough to support wards. The Kaysville Ward continued until 1940 when it became large enough to be divided. The division was made in a straight line north and south that divided the City into a western and eastern portion. The Kaysville 2nd Ward had no building to meet in because only one ward used a building in those days. They quickly arranged to meet in Kaysville Elementary School and around 1940 purchased the ground where the Rock Chapel now stands for $2,000. Construction began on the chapel before World War II but was later halted until after the war. Ray Ashton designed the chapel and rock was chosen as the basic building material because it was one of the only abundant materials available during World War II. There were many problems, shortages, and delays in getting the building finished and it was not dedicated until December 12, 1948. The keys of the massive old-time pipe organ, which was not completed at the time of the dedication, were once stroked by Albert Schreiner, a long-time Tabernacle organist. Schreiner played at a concert at the meeting house to commemorate the completion of the pipe organ in 1950. The building still looks very much like it did at the dedication, except for an addition of a foyer and classrooms onto the back of the building.

Kaysville Elementary

50 North 100 East

In 1877, a one room school house was built here. This was the first structure in Kaysville used only for a school and built by taxation. In 1905, an addition was built (four rooms above ground and two in the basement). In 1918, an imposing structure (two story/ eight rooms) designed by William Allen was built on this site and was later attached to the 1905 structure That building was demolished in 1985 and an entirely new school was then constructed on this site.

Bamberger Railroad Station

45 North 100 East

The Bamberg Railroad Station was built across the street from Kaysville Elementary School and for 50 years it served the people of Kaysville. 100 East was built wide to accommodate for the station and railroad tracks that ran along this street. The last passenger service was in 1952 and the last freight service was in 1958. The building was demolished a few years after that. The senior activity center now occupies the site.

Presbyterian Church

94 East Center Street

The church was designed by William Allen and built by Presbyterians in 1888. Above the clover shaped window, inside the cement block, the words, “Presbyterian Church – Erected 1888” are inscribed. At an earlier time, an adobe schoolhouse stood just west of the church (at approximately 80 East Center Street). The church also served as a school, sometimes with overflow classes from the public school across the street. Reverend Knox was the first pastor of this church and the little house just west of the church was built as his parsonage.

Dr. Guy Rutledge Home and Office

65 East Center Street

Dr. Rutledge and his family lived in this home. The doctor’s office was the small building to the left of the home. It had a reception room, a wash room, and two examination rooms. The senior activity center now occupies the site.

Kaysville Hospital

65 East Center Street

A large two- story building, which had been used as Seth Jones’ creamery (at 46 East 200 North), was moved south on logs pulled by mules to this location and remodeled for use as a hospital by Dr. John E. Morton. In 1907, this became the first hospital in Davis County and it served as a hospital off and on until 1920. All the equipment for this hospital was purchased from Grace Hospital in Salt Lake City. Later, this became the home for Frank William and then Fred Kershaw bought it. The building was demolished in 1978. The senior activity center now occupies the site.

Blood/Gailey Home

55 East Center Street

This home was built by John H. Blood in 1901 of brick kilned in the Kaysville brickyard. Five years after it was built, the home was purchased by Edward Davis. Later, Mary Davis Gailey and her husband, Heber C., bought the home from her father when they decided to move up town from west Kaysville. Their son, Heber J. Gailey, purchased the home from them around 1938. The home was remained in the Gailey family until Kaysville City purchased it in 2010 and it was torn down. The upstairs was used by the Independent Telephone Company during its existence (1909 to 1911). Gray siding on the exterior of the home covered the thick walls constructed with brick, three deep. The original gingerbread decoration remained in the peak of the roof above the front balcony and porch. Heber J.’s wife, Mirn, used to do community canning in an old building that stood directly behind the home. Trailers loaded with vegetables were delivered here. All types of vegetables were left for her to can, for just 7 cents per can. The small canning building was blown down by an east wind. The canning building was the subject of one of LeConte Stewart’s paintings.

Patillo Home/Tinsmith Shop

To the east of where hh2 cloud services now stands, was the Patillo home. G. Fletcher Patillo (originally from Georgia) built a small tinsmith shop behind his home where he would mend pans or buckets when they began to leak, or mend anything that was metal.

Blacksmith Shop

11 East Center

In 1912, a blacksmith shop was built by John Owen at this location (where City Hall now stands). It soon became a gathering place for men while their horses were being shod. Thomas L. White became the next blacksmith. He and his family moved from Porterville, Utah to Kaysville because he thought Kaysville would be a more lucrative place to run a blacksmith business, there being more farms and people with horses. He soon added a lean-to for the Jayson Harness shop to operate next to his building. When automobiles became more numerous, it became an auto repair shop. In 1921, it became a library, the first library built in Davis County. From 1947 to 1969 it was used as a fire station. In 1971, it was painted and renovated and became the LeConte Stewart Gallery of Art. The building was demolished in 1985 in preparation for a new City Hall.

Bennett/Epperson Home

87 South Main Street

This home was once known to some as “Mount Pisgah” because it was situated on a hill and was named after the mountain ridge located near the Dead Sea and referred to in the Bible. Civil War deserters Charlie Bennett, James Taylor, and John Shazo, from the south arrived in Kaysville in 1862. Mr. Bennett was a carpenter and he designed and built the original home perched on a hill overlooking the town’s main road. He also had a carpentry shop built nearer to the road. Mr. Taylor was a farmer who took care of the land where the home stood. The home was constructed of adobe and brick on a log foundation. The logs are so large that a man cannot put his arms around them. Some of the logs are now petrified. The original home was just two rooms, one up and one down, and was built of logs. Sometime between 1900 and 1905, Mr. Bennet died and the home was abandoned for a while. In 1912, W.P. Epperson, who came from Big Horn, Wyoming, purchased the home. Mr. Epperson was hired to manage the Weekly Reflex, owned by John R. Barnes. Later, this company started the Inland Printing Company which published a newspaper. Sometime after he purchased the home, Mr. Epperson added a living room, dining room, kitchen, and bedroom on the main floor and three bedrooms upstairs. In 1920, Mr. Epperson again added onto the home by putting a bathroom on the main floor. It was during this time the home received a rough stucco exterior finish. After Mr. and Mrs. Epperson died, the home was purchased by Hubert C. Burton. A redwood bedroom, office in the garage, and a carport were added later.

Davis High School

325 South Main Street

Construction in 1914, this school was originally called Davis County Central High School. It became known as Davis High School within a year or two of its opening. In 1907, Edward M. Whitsides, the Davis County School Superintendent, visited Weber County to study the benefits of a county-wide school consolidation in practice there. Upon his return he recommended school consolidation take place in Davis County within a year. In 1911, Hurbert C. Burton, the Davis County School Super intendent at that time, recommended that the county establish new high schools in Bountiful, Kaysville and Syracuse. By August 1911, the newly formed County Board of Education decided to construct a three-year high school in Bountiful, a two-year high school in Kaysville, and a one-year high school in Syracuse. A bond issue of $190,000 to finance the construction of three new high school buildings was presented to voters in 1913. It was soundly defeated by a vote of 481 for and 728 against. The Board of Education drew back and changed plans. In 1914, the Board appropriated $40,000 of existing funds for the construction of two high schools, one in Bountiful, the other Kaysville. As a result a mass meeting was held in Layton to protest the plan for two high schools. Layton citizens presented an alternative plan that would have one high school built at some unspecified, central location in the county. A few days after the central high school proposal was submitted by the delegates from Layton, a mass meeting was held in Farmington. The consensus of the Farmington meeting supported the central high school idea, pointed out that one high school would be more efficient than three high schools, and more professional teachers could be provided. Someone looked at a map of Davis County prepared by the U.S. Census and found that the geographic enter of Davis County was in downtown Kaysville. Despite further meetings and opposition, an 8 ½ acre site was purchased in Kaysville through the Kaysville Commercial Club. The land was made up of property purchased from the Reeves, Wilcox, Layton, and Barton families. John R. Barnes donated 1/8 of the total cost of the high school site, and Kaysville City agreed to furnish street lights outside the building free of charge, to furnish free water in the building for ten years, install an irrigation system for the school grounds, and provide suitable sidewalks and street crossing for the school. Architectural plans were prepared by William Allen of Kaysville and James L. Cheseboro of Salt Lake City. On July 9, 1914, contracts were awarded for construction of this four-year high school and for a two-year high school in Bountiful. The Kaysville structure was completed by October 8, 1914 at a cost of $25,414. There were 159 students enrolled that first year. The building was equipped with steam heat, ventilators, and was wired for electric lights. Unfortunately, money for the light fixtures was not available and they were not installed until later. The building had new sewing machines and typewriters. This fine new building and its modern equipment cost a total of $35,000. Over the years, additions were added to the school. In 2004, the building was totally demolished and a new high school was built on this site.  

Dental Office

31 West Center Street

About 1910, Dr. Joseph H. Grant (Kaysville’s first dentist) built this small building and used it as his dental office. When Dr. Grant left, Dr. Walter Whitaker began to practice dentistry in the same building. The building is now used as a counselling office.

John G. M. Barnes Home

42 West Center Street

Architect William Allen not only designed this house for John George Moroni Barnes, but helped lay the brick as he did in many of the buildings he designed. John G.M. was the son of John R. Barnes. This home was built in 1884 with brick from the Ward Brickyard on the Mountain Road and is interesting because of the design of an open stairway in the front hall. John G.M. owned canneries and would can tomatoes in his Syracuse cannery for the Campbell Soup Company. The cannery near 20 North in Kaysville canned peas and beans under the Barnes labels. “Barnes Best Beans” were sold locally. John G. M. was a big blustery fellow who used to tell couples that if they got married he would purchase the license for them. Couples coming to his home to collect on the promise were usually met by Mrs. Mirian McFerson Barnes who had to pay up for her husband’s promise. Mrs. Barnes lived in the home after her husband’s death. Following her death in 1947, her daughter, Mollie lived in the home until 1955. Dr. Gibbs Smith and his wife, Lola, purchased the home in 1955. Lola died in 1991 and Gibbs died in 1999. Afterwards, the home was purchased and restored by Scott Simpson. The carriage house style garage was constructed between 2008 and 2010.

John R. Barnes Home

10 South 100 West

Founder of the Kaysville Co-op and Barnes Bank, John R. Barnes built this home in three stages and at least the last one was designed by William Allen. Construction of the red brick structure began in 1867. The east wall was built four bricks thick as a defense against the onslaught of the east winds. It also had another different feature- running water in the kitchen. This was accomplished by putting a huge tank upstairs, which was filled by a hand pump. Each child in the family was expected to do so many strokes each day to keep it filled to capacity.

Baptismal Font/Horse Trough

10 South 100 West

Just south of John R. Barnes front door, against the east sidewalk, is a cement horse trough that was fed by a flowing spring and used as a baptismal font from 1896 until the Tabernacle was completed in 1914. Girls would change in the summer house (adjacent to the big house), and boys would change in the barn. Surprisingly, some baptisms took place in the winter, but most were done during summer months.  

Reeves Home

39 South 100 West

This home was built for Nathan and Effie Reeves in about 1892. Mr. Reeves went to England on a mission for the LDS Church and while there he met his wife, who later came to the United States to marry him. Mrs. Reeves was described by those who knew her as a lovely, refined English lady. She was also a beautiful story teller. The interior walls of this home were thick, probably made of three layers of brick. Each room has a door leading to the yard. Ornate woodwork decorates the rooms and high transoms over the doors are still functional. Antique wallpaper in the living and dining room still adorns the walls.

Barnes/Burton/Rampton Home

41 West 100 South

About 1885, George Hudson built a small red brick home at this location. Later, Richard William Barnes, son of John R. Barnes, purchased it and added several rooms and a distinctive round turret. Will, as he was called, liked to play cards and smoke with his buddies. Mrs. Barnes was a seamstress and didn’t like the men smoking in the main house, so Will built the turret for that use. The inside walls were made out of beautiful cherry wood. The well on this property not only provided water for baptisms, but in emergencies all the neighbors came there to get clear drinking water. Will worked in the Kaysville Co-op and Barnes Bank. In 1891, he became the first cashier at the new Barnes Bank and received a salary of $20.00 a month. On October 21, 1906, Will ran off with the Singer sewing machine repairman’s wife during an east wind, leaving his wife and child behind. The Singer sewing machine repairman’s wife had a name, but it seems that no one remembered it. She was always mentioned as, “the Singer sewing machine repairman’s wife.” At that time, Will’s father, John R., hired a detective to find him. A few months later he was discovered working in a bank in Seattle, Washington. John R. went to Seattle and brought his son home. In 1914, George Ellis owned the home. In 1917, the home was purchased by Hubert C. and Millie Criddle Burton. Mr. Burton was School Superintendent for 40 years and he kept hundreds of books in the turret. The Burton children loved to play in this room and read the books. Burton Elementary school is named after Hubert C. Burton. In 1958, his daughter, Alice Rampton and her husband Jack, moved into the home, remodeled it, and removed the turret.  

LeConte Stewart Home

172 West 100 South

LeConte Stewart was born in Glendale, Utah in 1891. He studied art at the University of Utah and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He also attended Art Students League summer school in Woodstock, New York. He moved to Kaysville in 1914 and worked as a teacher in Kaysville, Murray, and Salt Lake schools before taking a job at Ogden High School. LeConte served as chairman of the Art Department at the University of Utah from 1938 to 1956. In 1922, LeConte met two architects while working on painting the LDS Cardston, Alberta, Canada Temple. These architects knew LeConte’s style of painting was French Barbison and at his request, they designed this stucco French style cottage home with a Normandy influence. LeConte built the home with money he earned while painting murals on the walls of the LDS Hawaiian Temple. He paid $3,000 cash for the land and materials to build the home. In 1923, he and his wife, Zipporah Layton Stewart, and their four children moved in. An art studio was constructed as a separate building behind the home. LeConte was an eccentric loner and wanted nothing to do with his wife’s relatives. When they came to visit, he would be gone before Zipporah could find him missing. He would get into his car and leave, but if a relative blocked the driveway so he couldn’t get his car out, he would simply jump the fence and go for a walk. The only time his wife and children went into his studio was when they were invited. LeConte collected old branches which he burned in his stove in the studio. One time he caught the house on fire and once, when he was burning weeds, he almost durned down the barn. This was the only home LeConte ever owned and he lived there until his death in 1990, at the age of 99. He spent most of his life painting northern Utah landscapes. Often he could be seen sitting behind his easel, painting the landscape alongside the roads in west Kaysville, his car parked off to the side. He is best known for landscapes he painted, usually quickly painted on location. Many of his paintings are rural scenes of tress on hills, cut by dirt roads, leading past houses and barns. Several were painted in the Ogden valley or his own Kaysville neighborhood. He was one of the region’s most respected and well-loved artists. He once said, “I often slip a piece of sagebrush in my pocket and carry it with me. It is as eau de Cologne to me. It is intoxicating to the senses.” Following his death, the home was boarded up and remained vacant for three years. When the Stewart family put the home on the market, prospective buyers had to write essays telling why they wanted the home. The family received about 70 essays.

George W. Barnes Home

55 South 100 West

This home was built in 1907 for George W. Barnes, son of John R. Barnes, founder of Barnes Bank. His wife, Martha Jones Barnes, was an artist and poet. George worked at KCMI on Main Street and served in the Kaysville LDS Ward Bishopric. He was a Councilman and Mayor during his lifetime. He started the Kaysville Milling Company (Deseret Mills). Originally, the home had been painted with Victorian colors of blues, grays and red. The exterior has since been remodeled. Moldings and banisters in this home match the type in the Tabernacle. The large dining room has crown molding, a blue ceiling, and hand- stenciled trim on the molding and at a chair height. A medallion has been replaced above the chandelier. 

Taylor/Criddle Home

106 West Center Street

Levi Taylor built this home sometime before 1862 and lived there with his wife, Emeline Owen Taylor. Mrs. Taylor had a way with flowers. She used to grow a gorgeous row of peonies and violets along the wrought iron fence. When James Criddle moved into town from the Mountain Road and purchased this home, it then became known as the Criddle place. The original home is still there, but hidden behind the renovations.

Hyde/Stronge Home

130 West Center Street

When Rosel Hyde came to Kays Ward in 1853, he settled south of the north fork of Holmes Creek and built a two-story adobe home. After the fort was surveyed and the settlers were advised to come into the planned enclosure, he built this home. He entertained many of the visiting church authorities who came to conferences. His son, Charles Hyde, inherited the home, but when he passed away, his widow married Elijah Laycock and they later moved to Canada. The home was then sold to Mrs. Emma J.D. Stronge.  

LDS Tabernacle

198 West Center Street

Architect William Allen designed this very imposing building and construction began in 1912. The building was dedicated on May 24, 1914. This structure combines modern and Roman revival styling and is noted for its beautiful stained glass window. Roman style architecture can be seen on the front of the building with columns and pedestals. Roman style arched windows frame the beautiful stained glass. Bennett Paint and Glass constructed the beautiful stained glass windows for this building. Originally, a hand cranked organ provide beautiful music for the services inside the Tabernacle. John W. Burton gave the land for this church, John Flint gave $3,000, and John R. Barnes gave $6,000, with one request, that there be spheres to decorate the entrance steps. The Tabernacle has had some major additions and renovations since it was built. William Allen’s beautiful blueprints for this building can be seen at the Heritage Museum of Layton.

Old Meeting/Opera House

200 West Center

Kays ward grew rapidly in the early 1850s and there was a great need for an adequate meeting house. Plans were made by Truman O. Angell, LDS Church architect, to construct a rectangular building measuring 90 x 55’. The basement was dug and a temporary roof put in place before the “move south” in the spring of 1958. Johnston’s Army was approaching and Brigham Young had urged all to move south and leave just a few men to burn the towns if need be. On their return later that year, work resumed on the meeting house. The building was constructed of adobe, which was made at the Colemere pits on south Sunset Drive. When Christopher Layton became Bishop, the work was given with impetus and the building, with a seating capacity of 900, was completed and then dedicated on April 27, 1863. When the Tabernacle across the street was being planned, the meeting house was given a new brick front and became the Opera House, serving as an entertainment center until 1951. At that time, a cultural hall was added to the Tabernacle and the old meeting house was demolished. This site is now a parking lot for the Tabernacle. The cabin on the property was built in the 1940s and was used as a scout cabin. It was later demolished.

Henderson/Blood Home

9 South 200 West

This home is usually referred to as the Blood home because three generations of Blood’s lived there. It was built by Samuel Newton Henderson. The Henderson family had a home on the north fork of Holmes Creek, but when Samuel Henderson was made Postmaster in 1855, his family moved into the fort and built this home. At one point, this home was used as the post and telegraph office. Architect Raymond Ashton designed the home. Originally, the home’s entry faced north but sometime later, that entry was sealed off and a new entry was made facing west. Later it was sold to William W. Galbraith who added a room onto the south in 1860. He sold the house to William Blood in February 1867. It was in this home that Henry H. Blood was born on October 1, 1872. He served as Governor of Utah from 1932 to 1936. Later, Alan and Kay Blood made a beautiful home here, furnishing it in a pioneer heritage style. The east rooms and garage were built in 1940. For many years the home was a favorite stop for children when trick or treating. Mrs. Blood would make doughnuts on Halloween and inside one of the cupboards she kept a record of the number of doughnuts given away each year between the years 1958 to 1991. Alan died in 1996 and Kaye died in 2000. After that, the home was purchased by Richard and Lorraine Bourne in 2002 and was completely renovated in 2003-2004. The cupboard listing the number of doughnuts has been preserved on a wall in the stairwell leading to the basement. The original home had two floors, but the ceiling upstairs was so low, a person taller than 6’ cannot stand upright. The original chandelier still hangs from the ceiling. 

Layton Home

Christopher Layton, for whom the city of Layton is named, built this adobe home in the 1860s and lived there with his wife, Caroline Cooper Layton. It was said that at one time he had ten homes in Kaysville, one for each of his ten wives. He spent a lot of time in this house while serving as Bishop of Kays Ward. Christopher Layton was appointed Bishop in 1862 and while serving as Bishop, he was also appointed as one of the Legislators of Utah. While in that position, he procured a charter for the city of Kaysville, and Kaysville was incorporated in 1868. He was also Bishop during construction of the Old Meeting House, which was located across the street (to the north) of his home. The walls of this home were made of adobe brick, but the ceiling was held up by log rafters. The logs are still visible in the attic with much of the bark remaining on them. The first telegraph station in the area was set up in this home. The home remains much the same as it did when it was built, but at some point the kitchen on the south was enlarged and a bathroom and bedrooms were added onto the rear of the home. The owners of the home remained somewhat of a mystery from when the Layton family moved out until 1964, when it was purchased by Robert and Ruth Hellewell, direct descendants of William Kay, for whom Kaysville is names.  

Burton Home

235 West Center Street

When Brigham Young ordered a mass exodus of the Saints from their homes in the valley, Robert Burton and his family were among those who left. When they returned, they found that Indians had been occupying their home, had used the wooden floor for firewood, and had turned their horses into the wheat field. The home has been beautifully remodeled.

Larkins Home

274 West Center Street

This home was designed by William Allen for James and Elizabeth Larkins, who moved into the home with their children in 1882. As a child, James came with his family from Liverpool, England. He became a rider for the Pony Express. During the Civil War, he joined with other Pony Express riders in the calvalry. Later he met and married Elizabeth Seal and they came to Kaysville in 1881. James promised Elizabeth that he would build her a big, beautiful home wherever she wanted. She chose Kaysville. The home was constructed of red brick and had a balcony with a railing around it above the front porch. A carved railing accents the entry and remains much as it was before the turn of the 20th century. The biography of James Larkins calls the home a “showplace” adding that there was once a circular driveway that allowed buggies to be driven up to the front of the home. Lining the drive was a large hedge, with another hedge along the front of the property. The hedges and the grape arbor that once were there, no longer remain. At one time, beside the home on a half block of property was a large barn, cow corals, a brick chicken coop, and a wooden granary. James served as a City Councilman from 1888-1890. He was also one of the first directors of Barnes Banking Company, which was established in 1891.

Foxley/Beesley Home

321 West Center Street

This home was built in the late 1850s for the Foxley family and is a modified New England “salt box” style with a long sloping roof on one side. These were preferred in New England because of the terrific northeaster gales. This type of roof presented less resistance to the winds and resembles the salt boxes the early settler hung on their walls to hold that commodity. Later, the house was purchased by Adam Beesley, who remodeled it and covered it with yellow siding.

Edward Phillips Home

358 West Center

Early pioneer settler Edward Phillips moved into the fort in 1862 from his original cabin on Bluff Road and Kays Creek (west Kaysville). The rock and lumber used for this home were brought down from the mountain east of Kaysville. After Edward’s death, the home was passed on to his eldest son, Thomas Phillips. Thomas was a layer, County Surveyor, clerk and cashier at Barnes Bank. Thomas’ wife, Annie Blood Phillips, was a midwife and many Kaysville children were born in this home. Thomas and Annie raised 11 children here. Thomas died in 1912. In 1914, the home was modernized and an addition was added to the back for a kitchen, pantry and bathroom. Annie continued to live in the home until her death in 1942. This home still has its original woodwork, including a beautiful hand grained door and fireplace.

Governor Blood's Home

95 South 300 West

Governor Henry H. Blood had this home designed for him by William Allen. The home was finished about 1896. Henry Blood was the manager of the Kaysville Milling Company, was Bishop of the Kaysville 1st Ward, President of the Davis Stake for 22 years, and served as Utah's seventh Governor from 1932-36. This Queen Anne style home is authenticated by the turn of the 20th century antique walnut and rosewood furnishings. However, none of the furnishings in the house today are original pieces. The original stained glass above the parlor windows remains intact. In 1915, an addition was added to the back of the home. The addition included a kitchen pantry and a porch on the main level, with a bedroom and sleeping porch upstairs. A porch was added to the kitchen with pillar-like supporting columns. Later, a bathroom was added to each level and the screened porches were enclosed. The original wide mop boards and transoms remain intact. When electricity came to Kaysville, it was added to the house and several original light fixtures remain. The outside walls of the structure are three bricks thick, with the interior walls being two bricks thick. After Henry's death in 1942, his wife, Minnie, deeded the home to their daughter, Evelyn B. Sims. 

Roueche`/Burton Home

87 South 400 West

Thomas Roueche` served as the first Mayor of Kaysville. He moved into this home while he was Mayor. The home is made of adobe and has the typical decorative corners. The entrance to the house was originally on the south, but now faces west. Charles T. and Emily Flint Burton purchased the home about 1910-12. Charles worked as the County Treasurer and Emily cooked meals for farmhands. Her parents owned a large parcel of land in west Kaysville, which they farmed. Emily took meals to these men by horse and buggy. Charles died in 1948 and the property was sold to Harold Gailey in 1952.

Barton Home

65 North 200 West

This home was built in 1892 by William Allen for John and Frances Barton. John was the town furniture dealer, undertaker, and casket maker. He was the first undertaker in the county and was sexton of the city cemetery for 38 years. This home still retains much of the original beauty in its decorative gables. The railings and woodwork in the home were very pretty, but no longer exist. The original parlor could be shut off from the rest of the home by a pocket door. An adobe structure to the back of the home had a cellar in the lower part with water running through it to keep food cold. Upstairs was where the undertaker kept all of his mortuary equipment. He owned an 8 inch thick book which told about every part of the body, and that, along with the instruments of his trade, were kept there. Mr. Barton loved children and always had something for them when they came to see him, especially on Halloween. People didn't give away "treats" in those days, but Mr. Barton always had something for the children who called. He had a real sense of humor and entertained them with a story of some kind, illustrated with action and costume. In 1918, Morris Barton moved into the home to take care of his mother after his father died. He later bought the home and he and his wife, Camella, and their family lived there. Camella worked in the city library for 23 years, retiring at the age of 70.

Kaysville Academy

300 West 100 North

Built in 1888-89, this two-story, red brick building was used to educate students in the upper grades. The City jail had been in the basement of City Hall, but when it flooded, the jail had to be moved. A little room under the stairway of the Academy was fixed up with bars and all. Often there was an occupant when the children came to school, so they began calling the building "Yale." An upstairs school room was also used as a courtroom. When this building was demolished in 1936, Everett Hancey bought lumber and with the bricks from this building, built a home at 60 North 200 East. After the bricks were laid, it was determined that they were not in good shape so the house was framed with wood. The City purchased the Academy building in 1907 and the building then became the second City Hall. After use as a City Hall, the building was abandoned. An empty lot and small home now mark where the Academy once stood. 

Stewart/Bonnemort Home

111 North 200 West

In 1899 or 1900, Hyrum Stewart, son of pioneer shoemaker William Stewart and brother of Emily Stewart Barnes, built this home out of the Ward Brickyard brick. The Openshaw brothers, Joseph and George, were the bricklayers. The home was designed by William Allen with a distinctive round tower on the south. The home once had an ornamental wrought-iron fence around it. Nervous about the east winds, Hyrum incorporated steel rods into the 12" red b1ick walls. The curved glass in the windows of the round room at the front of the house brought plenty of light into the book-filled library. A coal chute entered one of the two rooms in the cellar, where the furnace was eventually installed. The Bonnemort family bought the home at a later date and lived there for many years. The original leaded glass remains above many of the windows and sculpture decorates the exterior.

Barnes/Sheffield Home

190 West 100 North

This home was originally built by John R. Barnes for his parents. It later became the home of Heber James Sheffield and his family. The Sheffield's had a well and people who passed by were always welcome to take a drink by using a handy dipper from the brimming bucket, which had been drawn from the cool depths with a rope and pulley. The children especially appreciated the refreshment on their way home from school on warm days. The old adobe bricks are covered now with a pristine white paint.

Sheffield/Layton Home

162 West 100 North

This home was built by William W. Sheffield in 1895. In 1898, when Heber James Sheffield was planning for his marriage to Nannie Lyle Kinnett, he bought this house and land from his uncle, William W. Sheffield. The marriage took place in September and the house was ready for the young couple. An old pioneer shoe shop was built between the home and the corner house. The log cabin shop was owned and run by James Sheffield. The log structure was moved to a different location and eventually destroyed. Later, the Sheffield's moved to a home on the corner (190 West 100 North), which had been built by John R. Barnes for his parents. Clarence Layton later purchased the home and he and his family lived there for 50-60 years. The home remains much the same as the original, except for several additions.

Thornley Home

128 West 100 North

This home was built in the 1919-1920 time period and was the first home in Kaysville to incorporate the Frank Lloyd Wright style of architecture, which was popular in Salt Lake City at that time. This home has a built-in bookcase, a built-in roll top desk and a marble fireplace with marble seats on each side of the fireplace. John W. Thomley was a prominent citizen of Kaysville who had made his money in sheep and dry farming on the sandridge (where Hill Field is now). John W. Thornley was Mayor of Kaysville from 1918-1922.

Simmons/Barnes Home

113 West 100 North

This home was built by John and Anne E. Simmons in 1902. It was built of adobe brick, dried in the backyard. Many nights were spent in the kitchen with the stove door open for warmth as the family ate "strawberry" apples from the backyard and popped corn. Herb and Eva Barnes occupied the home at a later date. The dining room has two outside doors so guests could enter one and exit the other into the rose garden. The home still has beautiful wooden framed windows, leaded glass in the large front windows, a built-in display case, hardwood floors, a "coal window" in the basement and an arched tiled area surrounding the bathtub. Skeleton keys are still used to open some of the doors. 

Taylor/Williams Home

114 North 100 West

Looking for this home may be a challenge because the address is posted on the south side (facing 100 North). The address hasn't been changed since the front of the house was moved from the west to the south. From the west side, look at the profile of the house. You can see a "salt box" house because of the way the roof slants down. When Allen Taylor became Bishop in 1856, he was living on Haights Creek (to the south), so the ward members had his house moved into the fort and put on this property. When Bishop Taylor moved in 1862, the home was purchased by Ebenezer Williams, who had moved down from the Mountain Road. Mr. Williams has the distinction of opening the first mercantile store in Kay's Ward in 1863. He sold hardware and other items from a small room he added to the east of this home. Later, as business increased, he built a large store on the southwest comer of Main and 100 North, which for many years was known as "the Williams comer." The old picture of the home was taken in the 1870s. Ebenezer and Ada Williams and their children are in the picture.

Tithing Barn and Yard

100 North 100 West

Across the street, south of the Williams home, was a large barn. This was used as a tithing barn and yard in the early days. Mr. Williams later used it as an ice house to store his ice in sawdust during the summer months. Homes now stand on the site.

First City Hall

350 North 300 West

This building was located about where the Tanner Clinic is now. Constructed with brick and rock, this building was built in 1889 with William Allen as the architect and Ralph Ingham as the contractor. The City borrowed $5,000 to construct and furnish the building. In 1900, the northeast room was used to receive persons that had been arrested. Later a room in the basement became the jail. In 1907, the tower blew off during an east wind and was sold for $10.00 to H.J. Sheffield. The building was sold and City Hall functions moved into the Academy Building. The Bishop's Storehouse & Home Storage building now occupies the site.

Barnes/Webster Home

123 North Flint Street

The first part of this brick and adobe home was designed by William Allen and built in 1880. It was first occupied by William J. and Mary Barnes. This is one of the original farm houses in Kaysville. In 1912, John and Fanny Webster moved into this home. Additions were then made to the home in order to accommodate their family. The home is built on a stone foundation with brick from the old Kaysville Brickyard. The Webster's were active in agriculture, raised stock, and had a dairy farm. The home started out with two rooms, but was added onto and built in a circle with an alleyway in the middle and the home built around it. The home still looks pretty much the same as it did when it was first built, however, the open space in the middle of the home was filled in and made into a laundry room. The porch on the front has two entrance doors. A walI was removed on the south end of the living room and French doors replace it. The stained glass panels above the door came from the Coalville Tabernacle.

Flint Home

454 North Flint

This home was built for John and Martha Jane Brough Flint around 1873 and was situated on a 50 acre homestead. It started out as two rooms of red brick from Martha's father's brickyard. As their 13 children arrived, more rooms and a second story were added. The home has since been stuccoed and remodeled. John loved to dance. Sometimes he would even walk from west Kaysville to the Mountain Road in Fruit Heights to attend dances at a home there. He was director of the First National Bank of Layton, the Layton Sugar Company, Kaysville-Layton Irrigation Company, Knight Sugar Company of Canada, and Ellison Ranch in Nevada. Although not all of his business ventures proved profitable, he left each of his children a farm when he died in 1930. The home was remodeled sometime during the 1930s and a rock fireplace in the yard was a focal point.

 George Scoffield Home

1772 West 200 North

This home was built in 1900 as a church to serve the west part of the city for their auxiliary meetings. There were six classrooms and a stage, which could be closed off and used as another classroom. Eventually, it was heated with a coal furnace and used until May 15, 1928. This building was constructed of red brick made in Kaysville. The words "Holiness to the Lord" once appeared on the front of the house where the numbers 1772 are now. The land the church was built on was owned by George Scoffield and after residents outgrew the church, it was returned to the Scoffield family for $600.00. The building stood vacant until 1946 when it was reopened and used as a storage shed for potatoes and onions, and as a home for countless pigeons. In 1956, work began to convert the building from a church to a home. The work was completed and ready for occupancy in 1967.

Swallow Home

1973 West 200 North

This home was built in 1875 and was one of the first brick school houses built in Kaysville. It was constructed with the first brick to come out of the Kaysville Brickyard. The brick work on the exterior was done by William Allen. The round opening where the school bell once hung has been cemented over above the former door. It had two rooms and was also used for church meetings until the church across the street at 1772 West was completed. The two rooms were heated with a pot belly stove. The slate blackboards used in the school were attached permanently to the walls in both rooms and are still in place but have been painted over to match the rest of the walls. Indians used to sit out along the bluff near this structure and sell things to those traveling through. Two perfect grinding stones, arrowheads, and other items were discovered on the property.

Angel Street

This road was part of the Salt Lake cut-off, was used by 49ers and other early immigrants, and was fairly well established before settlers came to Kaysville. The main travel between Ogden and Salt Lake was along this road. The many gorges and gullies that lay east, along the mountains, made wagon travel very difficult. Until Main Street was established with the fort survey, the only other north-south road through this area was the Mountain Road in Fruit Heights. The area west of Angel, and north of 200 North, was once called "the Big Field" and was a common pasture for animals of early settlers.

Smith/Hill Home

388 North Angel

This home was built in 1895-96. William and Mary Ellen Smith lived in the home for five years, then moved to Canada after they lost their lease on land they kept cattle on. A Mr. Scoffield purchased the home after the Smith's moved. In 1909, the home was sold to Joseph William Hill, who purchased not only the home, but 25 acres of land with it as a wedding gift for his son, Joseph Melvin Hill, who then moved into the home with his wife, Cora Pearl Flint Hill. In order to make the home more stylish, they removed the second floor in the 1920s and the home then had a bungalow look to it. When Cora died in 1981, the home was passed onto her son, Joseph Flint Hill, and his wife, Ann, who later passed it onto their son, Brent. In 1988, Brent and Dixie Hill started renovation of the home, including reconstruction of the second floor. The barn and outhouse in back of the home were also rebuilt using most of the original material. Ann Hill died in 1989, a few months after the renovation was complete. A sign stating "Ann's Rest" was installed at the site to honor her because of her love and devotion to the home and because she always wanted to see the home renovated to its original state. She said that she would never rest until it was completed.

Phillips Home

549 North Angel

Early settler Edward Phillips built a log cabin at this location. Later, he constructed an adobe home and many church meetings were held here. Unfortunately, the home no longer exists; recent suburban development now occupies the site. Just south of where this home once stood, Christopher Layton planted the first alfalfa field. This was one of the most memorable events in the history of Kaysville because it provided the settlers with winter feed for their cattle and horses.

Kays Creek

600 North Angel

Kay's Creek comes out of Hobbs Canyon in the mountains northeast of this location and is the stream running through the center of the Layton Commons Park. Christopher Layton (for whom Layton City is named) built three homes near Kay's Creek for three of his wives, one being Mary Jane Roberts Layton. Before they were finished, one of his sons, David, was born in a cellar nearby. David served as Bishop of the West Layton Ward for ten years and was the father of Julia Layton Gailey, Sarah B. Layton Strong and Zipporah Layton Stewart (Mrs. Leconte Stewart).

William Webster Log Cabin

12 North Angel

Just north of the home at this address, at the end of a gravel drive, used to stand an old log cabin. This was the best preserved original log cabin in Kaysville for many years. It was built around 1853 by William Webster and originally stood 510’ farther north, but was moved in 1984 to this site. William and Hannah Day Webster lived in the cabin. They were hat makers and made straw hats while living in Kaysville. When they moved out, several other families lived in the cabin. One occupant, Key Ogata, lived in it and took care of the farm. He grew celery on the land. Later, the cabin was remodeled and rented to LeMonte Pilkington during World War II. When it was remodeled, sheetrock was put on the walls, and a sink and stove were put in. There was a large closet on one end. The only furniture was a bed, a table and a chair. The cabin was later used as a granary with wheat in one section and barley in the other section. The original cabin has wooden chinks covered with a mixture of mud, grass and straw. When Rex Allen purchased this property in 1984, he had the cabin moved to its present location. The cabin was covered with vines and when they tried to move it, bulldozers couldn't even lift it because it was too heavy. Mr. Allen then hired house movers and put it in this carefully selected location. After the cabin was moved, he began to restore it. He found six layers of walls and five floors in the structure. There were seven layers to the roof. There were square nails in the roof, walls and floor. He took all of the wood down and disassembled the cabin log by log. The logs were preserved before putting the cabin back together. The entire structure was re-established with original timbers. The original joists and rafters were re-used and more square nails were purchased from a company back east. There was some indication that there had once been a loft, so the loft was reconstructed.

Webb Home

549 South Angel

You can see this home on the east side of Angel Street if you look back in between two newer homes (east of the home addressed as 547 South Angel). This home takes its access off the private dirt drive just south of Webb Lane. This red brick home was built sometime after the return from the "move south" (1858) and was owned by Edmund Webb. In this area, Samuel Oliver Holmes, Kaysville's second settler, also lived in a cabin. The creek in this area bears his name. Mr. Holmes only lived in the area a short while before moving to California. It was at his cabin that early settlers Edward Phillips and John H. Green stayed overnight when they were turned back by snow at the formidable "sandridge" (where Hill Field is now). The junction of the forks of Holmes Creek is just beyond this area.

Roueche` Home

1002 South Roueche` Lane

Thomas Roueche` came to Kaysville in 1855 and built a log home, which stands behind the larger home. The large home, built later, was accepted on the State Register because it was here that John Taylor, third President of the LDS Church, died in 1887.  The original cabin is still present and will continued to be maintained by the Roueche` family. However the larger home was made of adobe and became structurally unsafe, so the home was torn down around 2010; a new brick home now stands on the site. To mark the historic home a pavilion was constructed were the home once stood. The original barn and tress can still be seen. Thomas Roueche` was the first Mayor of Kaysville. He also owned another home inside the fort. The family of 11 lived in the log cabin while President Taylor occupied the large home. In 1885, fearing arrest by Federal officials for practicing polygamy, President Taylor and other church officials went into hiding. President Taylor came here because while serving an LDS mission to the British Isles, he met and baptized William Cornish. Margaret Comish, William's daughter, later immigrated to Utah and married Thomas Roueche`. While in hiding, church affairs were conducted secretly at night. President Taylor was constantly guarded here by trusted men. On February 27, 1887, President Taylor received a letter telling him of his wife, Sophia's, death. He took this news very hard because he was deprived of visiting her during her illness and he was unable to attend her funeral. President Taylor's health started declining after her death. By June of that year he was very ill and ate almost nothing. He passed away on July 25, 1887. Fearing that harm would come to the Roueche` family if the public knew they had been hiding President Taylor, the leader's body was concealed in a box and placed in a wagon. It was then taken to a special train on the Utah Central Railroad tracks and conveyed to Salt Lake City.

Old Bluff Road

A dirt wagon trail between Smith Lane and Roueche` Lane (west of Sunset Drive) was once called old Bluff Road. Sitting along Bluff Road were cabins of three friends whose occupations caused this to be known as "Tradesman's Row." William Stewart was a shoemaker, Robert Burton was a blacksmith, and John Marriott did many things, including building a sawpit west of Thomas Roueche`s home where the first lumber was made ready for the settlers. This area was the second major settlement after the one at Kay's Creek. Sunset Drive did not exist in early settlement days. At about 1658 South Sunset Drive there is a bluff and a drop off. This marks the point where the old Bluff Road came from the Trademan's Row area on south Angel Street. An old pioneer home, owned by George Colemere, stood near this location, just down the bluff and to the west. Just south of his home were the clay pits where many of the adobes for the early settlers' homes were made. Mr. Colemere was a stone mason and worked on the Salt Lake Temple, leaving his wife and family to care for the farm and work the adobe pits. The photo here shows the approximate historic location of the Old Bluff Road.

Hector Caleb Haight

1809 South Sunset

Hector Caleb Haight came north from Salt Lake City in the fall of 1847 with cattle of the first pioneer company looking for winter grazing land. He built a log cabin just east of the home at this location and later brought his family and planted trees. This grove became something of a resort and recreation park for people in the area and was called Haight's Grove or Blooming Grove. Dugouts were found along the ditch banks, possibly used by early trappers. A monument has been erected west of Sunset Drive explaining the history of this area.

Henwood Home

560 South Sunset

Even though this home no longer exists, this area marks the spot of the first Post Office in Kay’s Ward, established in 1854. David Nelson was appointed first Postmaster.

Tithing Yard

696 West Old Mill Lane

This location, where a storage facility now stands, marks the spot of an early tithing yard. In the early days when money was scarce, tithing was one-tenth of anything made or raised, so there was a necessity for a tithing yard and barns to hold the hay, grain, cattle, chickens, etc. that had been collected so that they could be distributed to the needy.

Deseret Mills

61 South 600 West

The Kaysville Mill, or "white castle" as it was called by children in the area, has dominated the western skyline of Kaysville since 1905. In 1920, a disastrous fire occurred, but the mill was later rebuilt. In 1950, the first cement elevators were built by the LDS Church and the mill became part of its welfare plan. In 1975, an even larger cement grain elevator was built in a new section to the north.

Kaysville Canning Company

Old Mill Lane and Center Street

To the north of Deseret Mills was Kaysville Canning Company, built in 1902. John G. M. Barnes was manager of this firm. It employed many people, especially women and girls during the summer months. Tomatoes, beans, peas, and other vegetables were processed. It served the economy of Kaysville for over 50 years.